Player Dossier

2021-2024

Rice

DJ Arkansas

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Denton, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Arkansas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

DJ Arkansas built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Denton, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of DJ Arkansas' career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 4...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.85

Clear Falls · League City, TX

Committed To
Tulsa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

DJ Arkansas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice. DJ Arkansas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
55
TFL
4
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
5

Quick Answers

DJ Arkansas quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · LB
Career Tackles
55
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Rice
Top game
Charlotte
Recruit profile
3-star · Clear Falls · Tulsa
High school pipeline
Clear Falls · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
23 tackles · LB 531st (top 44%) · American Athletic 181st (top 28%) · National 1,785th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonRice11111-073.6
2022 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonRice93-01-043.7
2023 Regular SeasonRice9281.51.51-043.7
2024 Regular SeasonRice9231.502-031.1

Related Context

DJ Arkansas played LB for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, DJ Arkansas recorded 55 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Rice paired 3 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Rice

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

14.5

Usage

3.4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 2. Texas Southern: 0. Houston: 0. UTSA: 0. Tulane: 0. UConn: 0.5. Navy: 0. UAB: 1. South Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sam Houston: 2 by 28.3. Texas Southern: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 3 by 12.5. UConn: 1 by 9.2. Navy: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 5 by 30.8. South Florida: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs UAB

Result
Sat 11/30vs South FloridaW 35-2843000
Sat 11/23@ UABL 14-4052100
Sat 11/2vs NavyW 24-1033000
Sat 10/26@ UConnL 10-17100.5000
Sat 10/19@ TulaneL 10-2433000
Sat 10/12vs UTSAW 29-2733000
Sun 9/15@ HoustonL 7-3310000
Sat 9/7vs Texas SouthernW 69-711000
Sat 8/31vs Sam HoustonSplash gameL 14-3422000

Player Story

DJ Arkansas story

DJ Arkansas built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a linebacker from Denton, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of DJ Arkansas' career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 19 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Arkansas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Rice

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonRice334.216
2022 Regular SeasonRice0-3
2023 PostseasonRice519.95.25
2023 Regular SeasonRice519.95.20
2024 Regular SeasonRice3.514.53.4-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Charlotte

Week 12 · W 28-7 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

@ UAB

Week 8 · W 30-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Sam Houston

Week 1 · L 14-34

2

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ UAB

Week 13 · L 14-40 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 13 · W 24-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Rice

3 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 16 usage

73.6

#2

2023 Postseason · Rice

43.7

5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Rice

43.7

5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games